不同企業實體的合作是降低供應鏈成本獲得競爭優勢的重要方法。在本計畫中，我們考慮一個兩階層的供應鏈模式：零售商持有完成品並面對與存貨水準有關的市場需求，而供應商製造零售商所需的訂購量。在零售商展示/陳列空間有限及允許與時間有關之欠撥率的條件下建構買賣雙方的聯合成本，並以買賣雙方的聯合利潤最大為目標。我們也將進一步提出一個最佳解的搜尋過程。最後我們也將以範例來說明買賣雙方整合的好處。同時，本研究也將對重要的參數進行敏感度分析，以瞭解各參數變動對最適解的影響。
Coordination between two different business entities is an important way to gain competitive advantage as it lowers supply chain cost. In this projest, we consider a two-echelon supply chain: a single retailer holds a finished goods inventory to meet a stock-dependent market demand, and a single manufacturer produces the retailer’s replenishment orders on a make-to-order basis. The objective of this project is to maximize the joint total profit. We solve the problem with the conditions of finite shelf/display space and time-dependent partial backlogging rate. We try to provide a simple solution procedure for finding the maximum joint total profit. Finally, numerical examples are used to illustrate the benefit of integration.
